Acknowledging and understanding the role that information may play in affecting consumer assessment of eco-marketed products is a key step in improving the effectiveness of eco-labeling initiatives. Consumers who hold preferences for environmentally preferred products may be unable to express their preferences for such goods under current eco-information campaigns. The emerging use of eco-label...

The Eco Real-Time PCR system puts powerful qPCR applications within reach of individual researchers. Large, expensive thermal cyclers that take up an entire workspace are replaced with an affordable, compact system that fits easily on any lab bench (Figure 1). Delivering unsurpassed data quality in less than 40 minutes for 40-cycle runs, the Eco system revolutionizes qPCR accessibility for both...

SOURCE/DESCRIPTION : A 1.7 kb Eco RI-Taq I fragment was used as a probe. This fraciment was isolated from pUSE 109 containing a 7 kb Eco RI genomic fragment from the human porphobilinogen(PBG) deaminase(EC 4.1.3.8.) gene. (1) POLYMORPHISM : Pst I digests of human genomic DNA were hybridized to the probe. This presented a two ailele polymorphism with bands of 2.2 kb(A1), 1.4 kb(A2) and constant ...

Participants tasted two cups of coffee, decided which they preferred, and then rated each coffee. They were told (in lure) that one of the cups contained "eco-friendly" coffee while the other did not, although the two cups contained identical coffee. In Experiments 1 and 3, but not in Experiment 2, the participants were also told which cup contained which type of coffee before they tasted. The ...

To create new, effective reagents for affinity modification of restriction-modification (R-M) enzymes, a regioselective method for reactive dialdehyde group incorporation into oligonucleotides, based on insertion of a 1-beta-D-galactopyranosylthymine residue, has been developed. We synthesized DNA duplex analogs of the substrates of the Eco RII and Mva I R-M enzymes that contained a galactose o...

Fires in boreal and temperate forests play a significant role in the global carbon cycle. While forest fires in North America (NA) have been surveyed extensively by U.S. and Canadian forest services, most fire records are limited to seasonal statistics without information on temporal evolution and spatial expansion. Such dynamic information is crucial for modeling fire emissions. Using the dail...

Fires in boreal and temperate forests play a significant role in the global carbon cycle. While forest fires in North America (NA) have been surveyed extensively by U.S. and Canadian forest services, most fire records are limited to seasonal statistics without information on temporal evolution and spatial expansion. Such dynamic information is crucial for modeling fire emissions. Using the dail...

Previous studies discuss how regulatory, technological and market drivers increasingly challenge manufacturing industries to adopt eco-innovations. However, the understanding of the process by which eco-innovations are developed and commercialized as a result of these drivers is not yet well established, in particular because these drivers are perceived differently by the end-users and their su...

NEW DRUG APPROVALS Opdivo for Melanoma Nivolumab injection (Opdivo, BristolMyers Squibb) has received the FDA’s accelerated approval for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma that has progressed after treatment with specific medications. Nivolumab is a monoclonal antibody that binds to the programmed death-1 (PD-1) receptor and blocks its interaction with ligands PD...